Tips for relieving unpleasantness caused by varicose veins

• Burn or weight sensation in the legs • Swollen feet feeling. Favorable factors • Genetic predisposition. • Old age. With the aging, the person will lose the elasticity of the blood vessels and the valves are weak, allowing the blood, which should be directed to the heart, to return to the foot. • Pregnancy. A lot of pregnant women develop varicose veins, especially in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Varicose veins that occur during pregnancy generally disappear without treatment after birth. • Standing for long periods of time. This action prevents the blood from returning to the heart because there is no muscle contraction, as it happens when walking. • Obesity. • Some factors that increase abdominal pressure: ascites, abdominal surgery, heart failure.

• Certain lesions of the veins. Tips for relieving the disease Varicose disease is a common disease that does not raise major health problems, so many patients are treated at home. The doctor recommends either exercise or wearing special, elastic stockings from pharmacies. Important to remember is to reduce risk factors, especially obesity and sedentarism. Changing nutrition is also important for this disease.

Thus, many foods rich in vitamins, preferably B-folic acid, folate, such as bananas, broccoli, potatoes, eggs, avocados and sunflower seeds, should be included in the diet. Prophylactic treatment • Cycling or swimming exercises performed daily • Wearing compression elasticated stockings only at the doctor's advice • Keeping the lower limbs at home at or above the level with heel support at least at home • Avoid standing or standing . Surgical Treatment There are cases of patients requiring surgical treatment. Today there are a variety of surgical treatment methods such as: laser therapy, microflebectomy, vein closure techniques by radiofrequency. ComplicationsThe main complications are superficial phlebitis, varicose trauma with minor bleeding and deep thrombophlebitis.

In such situations, it is necessary to visit the doctor and to have immediate treatment. .